A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication by Friendly New^+

Harvard University Press

A History of Data Visualization and Graphic CommunicationAuthor(s): Michael Friendly, Howard Wainer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Harvard University Press, United States\nImprint: Harvard University Press\nISBN-13: 9780674975231, 978-0674975231\nSynopsis\nA comprehensive history of data visualizationits origins, rise, and effects on the ways we think about and solve problems.\n\nWith complex information everywhere, graphics have become indispensable to our daily lives. Navigation apps show real-time, interactive traffic data. A color-coded map of exit polls details election balloting down to the county level. Charts communicate stock market trends, government spending, and the dangers of epidemics. A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication tells the story of how graphics left the exclusive confines of scientific research and became ubiquitous. As data visualization spread, it changed the way we think.\n\nMichael Friendly and Howard Wainer take us back to the beginning.